> The Changsun family motto: Until the escort agency is established, never leave the mountain.
> My father lay on a broken bed, three ribs snapped, too poor to even afford pain-relieving herbs.
> Gasping, he said to me, “Yi’er, go down the mountain… But remember, never reveal our family’s martial arts unless your life is on the line!”
> I nodded in silence, slung my pack over my shoulder, and stepped out of the remote mountains that had trapped the Changsun family for three generations.
> Beyond the mountains, traffic roared and neon lights flashed. I stood on a street corner, lost and bewildered.
> Suddenly, a sports car veered out of control and hurtled toward a roadside food stall.
> Instinctively, I leapt to save them, but froze in midair. My father’s words rang in my ears.
> All I could do was watch as the wok tipped over and scalding oil splashed toward the screaming girl…
I’ll start writing the second book once this reaches 10,000 reads.
